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Only-The-Basics Chocolate Frosting!

Total Time

10mins

Prep 5 mins

Cook 5 mins

I found this on a vegan website during Finals week (aah, chocolate!). If you can make a cup of hot chocolate from scratch, you have all the ingredients for this recipe--it doesn't require confectioner's sugar, butter, or solid chocolate. The original recipe called for cornstarch, but I used besan (gram flour/chickpea flour) instead. I also didn't have vanilla, so I stirred in a packet of non-dairy, flavoured creamer at the end. Yum!

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This is NOT icing, it is more like ganache. I used the cornstarch, and it never thickened. I had to simmer it for close to 10 minutes (not 1 minute) before it got somewhat thick. I would recommend this for chocolate fondue, but not as icing... sorry. The taste and texture just aren't right.

I don't want to rate this as is, cause you did say the original recipe is different so I'll try that next time. With the besam flour, the frosting is grainy and has a nutty, chickpea flavor to it. I was going to use it on vegan brownies I just made, but I think I'm gonna have to chuck this one and try again next time with the cornstarch.